1958 Moroccan Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 11 of 11 in the 1958 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 19 October 1958 | ||
| Official name | VII Grand Prix du Maroc | ||
| Location |
Ain-Diab Circuit Casablanca |
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| Course | Road-based with permanent infrastructure | ||
| Course length | 7.618 km (4.734 mi) | ||
| Distance | 53 laps, 403.754 km (250.902 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm, dry, sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 2:23.1 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Stirling Moss
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Vanwall | |
| Time | 2:22.5 on lap 21 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Vanwall | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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The 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Ain-Diab Circuit, Casablanca on 19 October 1958, after a six-week break following the Italian Grand Prix. It was the eleventh and final race of the 1958 season. As of 2016[update] it was the only time Morocco has hosted a World Championship Grand Prix.
Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari) started from pole position, but Stirling Moss won the race driving for Vanwall. Hawthorn finished second which secured him the World Drivers' Championship. Phil Hill was third, also for Ferrari.
Vanwall made sure of the World Constructors' Championship and both this and Hawthorn's drivers' title were firsts for British teams or drivers.
The race was notable for an accident involving Stuart Lewis-Evans, who died six days later from the burns he sustained.
Both Mike Hawthorn and Stirling Moss came into the race with a chance of becoming World Drivers' Champion. Moss, on 32 points, needed to win the race and set fastest lap, with Hawthorn (40 pts) finishing no higher than third.
There was an entry of 25 cars, of which 19 were to Formula One (F1) specification. Ferrari and Vanwall entered three cars each, BRM four and Lotus and Cooper two each. There were a further five non-works F1 entries. Six Formula Two Coopers brought the total entry to 25.
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